Race · Round 16 of 16 · 1 November 1998

1998 Japanese Grand Prix

Mika Hakkinen won for McLaren from 2nd on the grid at Suzuka Circuit. 9 of the starters were not classified. This round settled the drivers' title for Mika Hakkinen.

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Mika HakkinenMcLaren
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 2212 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/13	2	51	Finished	10
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F300	4	51	Finished	6
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/13	3	51	Finished	4
4	Damon Hill	Jordan	198	8	51	Finished	3
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW20	5	51	Finished	2
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW20	6	51	Finished	1
7	Jean Alesi	Sauber	C17	12	51	Finished	0
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B198	10	51	Finished	0
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B198	9	50	Finished	0
10	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C17	11	50	Finished	0
11	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	13	50	Finished	0
12	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	14	48	Engine	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	M198	20	40	Throttle	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F300	1	31	Tyre	0	fastest lap
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	22	17	28	Collision damage	0
DNF	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	M198	21	28	Collision	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	16	25	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	19	21	Gearbox	0
DNF	Mika Salo	Arrows	A19	15	14	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	198	7	13	Engine	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A19	18	2	Spun off	0
DNQ	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	22	—	—	DNQ	0

F1DB layout suzuka-1 · 5.86 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Mika Hakkinen	2	1	51
Eddie Irvine	4	2	51
David Coulthard	3	3	51
Damon Hill	8	4	51
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	5	51
Jacques Villeneuve	6	6	51
Jean Alesi	12	7	51
Giancarlo Fisichella	10	8	51
Alexander Wurz	9	9	50
Johnny Herbert	11	10	50
Olivier Panis	13	11	50
Jarno Trulli	14	12	48
Shinji Nakano	20	DNF	40
Michael Schumacher	1	DNF	31
Toranosuke Takagi	17	DNF	28
Esteban Tuero	21	DNF	28
Rubens Barrichello	16	DNF	25
Jos Verstappen	19	DNF	21
Mika Salo	15	DNF	14
Ralf Schumacher	7	DNF	13
Pedro Diniz	18	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:36.293	—	—
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:36.471	+0.178	+0.178
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:37.496	+1.203	+1.025
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:38.197	+1.904	+0.701
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:38.272	+1.979	+0.075
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:38.448	+2.155	+0.176
7	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:38.461	+2.168	+0.013
8	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:38.603	+2.310	+0.142
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:38.959	+2.666	+0.356
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:39.080	+2.787	+0.121
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:39.234	+2.941	+0.154
12	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:39.448	+3.155	+0.214
13	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:40.037	+3.744	+0.589
14	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:40.111	+3.818	+0.074
15	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:40.387	+4.094	+0.276
16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:40.502	+4.209	+0.115
17	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:40.619	+4.326	+0.117
18	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:40.687	+4.394	+0.068
19	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:40.943	+4.650	+0.256
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:41.315	+5.022	+0.372
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:42.358	+6.065	+1.043
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:43.259	+6.966	+0.901

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Mika Hakkinen	1	51	2	18, 32
Eddie Irvine	2	51	3	15, 28, 39
David Coulthard	3	51	2	21, 38
Damon Hill	4	51	2	14, 33
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	51	2	19, 34
Jacques Villeneuve	6	51	2	18, 33
Jean Alesi	7	51	2	19, 35
Giancarlo Fisichella	8	51	2	15, 29
Alexander Wurz	9	50	2	14, 30
Johnny Herbert	10	50	2	20, 36
Olivier Panis	11	50	2	17, 30
Jarno Trulli	12	48	2	18, 35
Shinji Nakano	DNF	40	2	16, 31
Michael Schumacher	DNF	31	1	16
Toranosuke Takagi	DNF	28	2	17, 28
Esteban Tuero	DNF	28	1	18
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	25	2	9, 22
Jos Verstappen	DNF	21	1	16
Mika Salo	DNF	14	0	None recorded
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	13	0	None recorded
Pedro Diniz	DNF	2	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Mika Hakkinen · Eddie Irvine	2 · 4	1 · 2	18 · 15	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Mika Hakkinen · David Coulthard	2 · 3	1 · 3	18 · 21	Mika Hakkinen	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Eddie Irvine	3 · 4	3 · 2	21 · 15	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Eddie Irvine · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4 · 5	2 · 5	15 · 19	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Damon Hill	3 · 8	3 · 4	21 · 14	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Damon Hill	5 · 8	5 · 4	19 · 14	Damon Hill	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Alexander Wurz	8 · 9	4 · 9	14 · 14	Same lap	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Jacques Villeneuve	5 · 6	5 · 6	19 · 18	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Jean Alesi	6 · 12	6 · 7	18 · 19	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Jean Alesi	10 · 12	8 · 7	15 · 19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Swapped places
Johnny Herbert · Jean Alesi	11 · 12	10 · 7	20 · 19	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Jean Alesi · Olivier Panis	12 · 13	7 · 11	19 · 17	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Alexander Wurz · Giancarlo Fisichella	9 · 10	9 · 8	14 · 15	Alexander Wurz	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Johnny Herbert	10 · 11	8 · 10	15 · 20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Alexander Wurz · Johnny Herbert	9 · 11	9 · 10	14 · 20	Alexander Wurz	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Olivier Panis	11 · 13	10 · 11	20 · 17	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Jarno Trulli	13 · 14	11 · 12	17 · 18	Olivier Panis	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:39.823	—	—	23
2	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:40.336	+0.513	+0.513	34
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:40.389	+0.566	+0.053	30
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:40.615	+0.792	+0.226	30
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:40.644	+0.821	+0.029	28
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:40.845	+1.022	+0.201	28
7	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:41.098	+1.275	+0.253	30
8	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:41.252	+1.429	+0.154	26
9	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:42.191	+2.368	+0.939	23
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:42.224	+2.401	+0.033	32
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:42.628	+2.805	+0.404	33
12	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:42.833	+3.010	+0.205	26
13	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:43.121	+3.298	+0.288	38
14	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:43.493	+3.670	+0.372	25
15	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:43.634	+3.811	+0.141	40
16	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:43.788	+3.965	+0.154	25
17	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:43.854	+4.031	+0.066	20
18	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:43.894	+4.071	+0.040	22
19	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:44.468	+4.645	+0.574	36
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:44.632	+4.809	+0.164	29
21	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:45.054	+5.231	+0.422	27
22	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:46.396	+6.573	+1.342	30

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:38.429	—	—	17
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:38.673	+0.244	+0.244	27
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:38.752	+0.323	+0.079	18
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:38.874	+0.445	+0.122	25
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:39.883	+1.454	+1.009	21
6	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:40.003	+1.574	+0.120	21
7	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:40.146	+1.717	+0.143	24
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:40.265	+1.836	+0.119	21
9	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:40.552	+2.123	+0.287	15
10	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:40.857	+2.428	+0.305	18
11	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:40.925	+2.496	+0.068	22
12	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:41.002	+2.573	+0.077	22
13	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:41.105	+2.676	+0.103	18
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:41.172	+2.743	+0.067	25
15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:41.543	+3.114	+0.371	25
16	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:41.823	+3.394	+0.280	22
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:41.889	+3.460	+0.066	13
18	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:41.924	+3.495	+0.035	20
19	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:42.786	+4.357	+0.862	25
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:43.013	+4.584	+0.227	20
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:43.048	+4.619	+0.035	26

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:40.431	—	—	13
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:40.710	+0.279	+0.279	13
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:41.056	+0.625	+0.346	12
4	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:41.119	+0.688	+0.063	15
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:41.246	+0.815	+0.127	10
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:41.452	+1.021	+0.206	13
7	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:41.510	+1.079	+0.058	13
8	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:41.902	+1.471	+0.392	13
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:42.611	+2.180	+0.709	14
10	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:42.650	+2.219	+0.039	12
11	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:42.700	+2.269	+0.050	7
12	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:42.727	+2.296	+0.027	12
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:42.837	+2.406	+0.110	14
14	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:42.881	+2.450	+0.044	12
15	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:43.593	+3.162	+0.712	12
16	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:43.776	+3.345	+0.183	12
17	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:43.834	+3.403	+0.058	8
18	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:43.935	+3.504	+0.101	10
19	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:44.205	+3.774	+0.270	12
20	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:44.273	+3.842	+0.068	9
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:45.733	+5.302	+1.460	10

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Sauber C17
Sauber C17 · Raoul van Wijk · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Where this comes from

Round: 16 of 1998
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 1 Nov 1998
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.